When asked about his recent, lazy, pandering interview with Donald Trump, Jimmy Fallon's only response was: "Have you seen my show? I'm never too hard on anyone." He's not wrong. The Tonight Show is a weird adult summer camp where famous people play silly games and force laughs at stale dad jokes. But when it comes to participating in our political process—the most dangerous presidential election in decades—Fallon has a responsibility to hold these candidates accountable. That Fallon let a racist demagogue get away with nothing more than a hair tousle is unforgivable, considering more people have access to his show on TV and across social media than watched the final presidential debate in 2012.

Last night, Fallon invited Hillary Clinton on his show, and proved he can be equally pandering with both candidates. Clinton sat down and gave Fallon a bag of softballs in an effort to mock his lame interview with Trump last week. "He left these for you," Clinton said in a clip that's oddly not on the Tonight Show YouTube channel.

Throughout the interview, Fallon fawned over Clinton, telling her that his daughters would be so proud that he got to interview her. He gently, gently made fun of Clinton's recent health issues.

Clinton discussed Trump's obsession with the birther movement, and Fallon let her speak unchecked as she explained the following:

"For five years he's been hammering in this so-called birther movement, which I think is so sickening," Clinton said. "Then he went after a distinguished federal judge, because he was born in Indiana of Mexican heritage; called him a Mexican. He went after a gold star family whose son was heroically lost in Iraq, because they're Muslims. You just have to take a deep breath and say to yourself, 'What kind of country do we really want?' I want a country where barriers are knocked down, and little girls and little boys can feel like they can go as far as their hard work can take them without regard to race, ethnicity, religion, gender, sexual orientation. All of that."

Look no further than Fallon's stunning YouTube views on these candidate interviews for proof that this NBC ratings ploy has paid off. Politics is not entertainment, and neither Donald Trump nor Hillary Clinton should be treated as such. What's terrifying is that interviews like these muddle the difference between politics and entertainment for the millions who tune in.